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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/morpherthewolf on 2026-05-13 17:50:05+00:00.

I'm not super into spicy foods. Jalepenos are about as spicy as I can go, and I tend to eat foods on the milder side, though I'll grab the medium salsas and queso because they have better flavor overall.

I can do a little spice on occasion, and if the food is flavorful, I can usually push through, but if I can get the same flavor without the heat, I'll try to do that.

I was trying out a recipe that required a thai chilli, which I do like if they aren't too spicy/ripe, so I went out to the store to grab one. Well, the store didn't have the individually, but rather had a spicy pepper bag for sale, featuring all sorts of peppers from jalepenos to habaneros, including the thai chili I needed.

Fast forward to today. I was making lunch for myself and decided a chicken wrap with peppers and onions, melted swiss, and garlic mayo would be amazing. Only peppers I had were in that bag. I decided not to look at scoville and just started grabbing peppers. The thai chillis were too spicy for me in that particular bag, so I grabbed a jalepeno, skipped over the seranos and the chilis, and went for what I thought was the mildest of the bunch: Three habaneros.

I cut them all up, tossed out all of the seeds, and sauteed them.

The wrap was delicious and I did eat the whole thing despite crying through it. The real f up came afterwards. My hands and my lips and my stomach are on FIRE. I think my skin is reacting to the seeds, and no amount of hand washing is fixing it. Feels like I shoved my hands and lips in hot grease and then ate a ball of lead.

On top of that, I already suffer from hemorrhoids. Not looking forward to finding out this feels later.

TLDR: Went looking for a mild pepper, turns out I grabbed one that was over 100x hotter than tbe hottest I can normally handle, then ate three of them.